The next 2 items on the Agenda.....Obamacare & Debt Ceiling

[sirs]

I'm just stunned Bt hasn't taken Ami to task, for daring to not support his claim, n'est pas?  Stunned, I tell yas

[bsb]

From Ami's post >>Section 6001 of the health-care law required physician-owned hospitals to obtain their Medicare certification by the end of last year. Without it, they can't treat Medicare patients. And the facilities needed to be open to get that certification.

So construction halted at 45 hospitals as the New Year arrived. Work on countless others will never start, having been effectively banned by ObamaCare.<<

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_damage_has_already_begun_pzcq1MmzRb3O626H6Q7PqI


Not that I would normally call into question anything on the New York Post's op-ed page, but this is almost as good as the original catch 22. It's so good in fact I highly doubt the veracity of it.

bsb

[Amianthus]

Not that I would normally call into question anything on the New York Post's op-ed page, but this is almost as good as the original catch 22. It's so good in fact I highly doubt the veracity of it.

The text of the law says 18 months from enactment that the restrictions go into effect. Not sure when the exact date of that is, but that section does indeed prevent physicians and groups of physicians from building new hospitals, if they want to get Medicare money. It even limits increases in ownership for already existing hospitals - if a physician group is a part owner of a hospital now, they cannot increase their ownership under threat of losing the ability to accept Medicare.

It's all to prevent "conflict of interest".